BOTANICALS & BUTTONS / KWerner's #43...

Hello! It's been a wild week at the house, Alex now has 6 teeth, is crawling like a pro & wanting to bite & climb on everything! Finding time to stamp has been a problem, since he's also not interested much on sleep by the time 'momma' gets home...

Here's my take on Kristina's Color Inspiration #43. I went a little crazy with the buttons, I know! I still really like this Botanical Blooms set, though! I think it's so funky!

Have a great night/day... (sometimes I'm not sure which!)

PS: Here's a pic of my little monster... he'll be nine months old next week!

THOUGHTS & PRAYERS / 2S4Y #20 & KWerner's #42...

I got that call from my husband last night (he works nights)... you know the call, "honey~ I need you to make me a card & I need it done tonight... I'll owe you one." Of course I'm thinking "Yeah, just give me $5 and we'll call it even..." LOL!

Anyway, I knew I wanted to ink up this new Stampin' Up! set, Thoughts and Prayers, so I clicked over to 2 Sketches 4 You & KWernerdesign.com to looking for a muse . Kazan's sketch #20 was perfect for my card, as was Kristina's color inspiration! That's half the battle...
This card measures 5-1/2 x 5-1/2. The little flowers were punched out using a retired circle punch, 1/4 inch, I think, and then I "snipped out" the spaces in between the petals.
Thanks for looking!

HAPPY B'DAY CUPPY / TECC #53 & KWDCI #40...

Okay, is it me, or would it be cannibalism for a cupcake to eat cake?
The colors for KWerner's Color Inspiration were terrific this week, as was Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketch!
I thought I had finished this card (below) but I wasn't happy with it so I added a few things, the "faux" faux stitching and the white dots...

Thanks for looking!

BOTANICAL BLOOMS / AmyR's #45 & Kwerner's #39...

As I was finishing up posting the previous card, I decided to see if KWerner's Color Inspiration was up & it was! So I quickly whipped up another card, which I just L-O-V-E thanks to Amy's Sketch!
I mistakenly used Ridinghood Red instead of Real Red (well, it WAS around midnight!). Also used Botanical Blooms again, which is such a great little 2-step set, and a little faux stitching.
Have a great day!

LOVE YOU MUCH...KWerner #38 & 2S4Y#17

Okay~ exactly how long does teething last? Believe it or not, this is the first thing I've stamped since the first of January! And I did it in 1o minutes, anticipating Alex waking up before I could finish...

Yes it's very basic, but I'm just thrilled to have stamped SOMETHING!

This card is loosely based on Laura's Sketch #17, using the KWerner Color Inspiration #38.

Nighty night,

A WISH... for a Happy New Year!

Here is a glittery, loving wish that we all achieve our goals this new year... whether it's to be more caring, showing love to all those around us, or to lose weight (oops... that's mine AGAIN this year!), or any other great goals we've set for ourselves! I wish all of us GOOD LUCK!

Happy New Year!

LOVE IS BAJA...KWerner's #35/Laura's Sketch #15...

My entry for Kristina's Color Inspiration #35 and Laura's (2 Sketches 4 You) Sketch #15 this week shows off Stampin' Up!'s Valentine's Bundle~ Love You Much stamp Set and Heart to Heart Punch! (Bundle also uncludes designer paper not shown on this card.) Starting December 23 through January 31, 2009, you can get this bundle for yourself for 20% off! YAY!

I got lucky last night~ Alex went to bed & I went online to find some inspiration & saw that Kristina had already posted the challenge. I work full time & usually can't get to it until the late evening on Tuesdays!

I used SU!'s Scallop Border punch on this card, as well... I punched it normally, then punched it again (lining up the bottom of the punched scallops between the scallops of the tool) and created the "pinking". I also used the Aida background on the saffron paper, as well as saffron brads.

Thank you so much for looking!

KWERNER's Color Inspiration #34 / Mojo Monday #64

I've decided trying to use 5 colors in a single card is really tricky! This is my entry for both Kristina's Color Inspiration and Julee's Mojo Monday.
Obviously I didn't totally stick to the exact Mojo sketch, I really wanted to do a square card.
The stamped tree is from SU's Holiday Mini, called Scandinavian Season. I've really enjoyed this set! The sentiment is Punches Three, a hostess set which you can earn with a minimum personal or workshop order of $150. I used my handy VersaMarker to ink the sentiment only & then embossed it with Iridescent Ice EP. I used crystal effects on the celery & sage parts of the tree, and also the inside of the pale plum flower, which I dusted in clear glitter. A rhinestone sits in the middle of the flower.
I also used a couple of Martha Stewart punches~ for the 'lace' & for the ribbon holes, the latter of which I threaded white organza ribbon. I also used SU's Ticket Corner punch and retired Corner Rounder punch.
This simple card took many hours, my 6 month old hasn't been wanting to sleep lately~ only play... and play... and play! I can't wait until he can stamp!

Have a great day!

KWERNER's Color Inspiration #33...

Oops... crying baby, just as I uploaded this... I'll write more later!

MOJO Monday #62/ KWERNER's Color Challenge #32...

Yay~ here's a card I'm happy about! This is for Mojo Monday #62 and Kwerner's Color Challenge #32. The colors really looked Valentine-ish to me... so what the heck!

I used the Stampin' Up! sets Priceless, Baroque, and Wonderful Words! Also used Iridescent Ice EP on the red heart (yes~ it was stamped in Ridinghood Red classic ink, but as long as it's moist the EP will stick! It also helps that vellum doesn't soak it is like cardstock, so the image stays juicy a little long enough to dust it with EP) and Ridinghood Red taffeta ribbon. The other heart is the faux metal technique. The punch is Martha Stewart and the sticky half-pearls... who knows?

I used a sponge dauber and Ridinghood Red ink on the "lace"... something else you can't see is the red heart is stamped on vellum, and on the vanilla layer underneath are swirls from the pricelss set embossed in white ep... they kinda show through the vellum in real life!

Thanks for looking,

TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS Cupcake Challenge #43 & KWERNER Color Inspiration #31...

Well, I couldn't help myself... I came home, fed bebe Alex and he's happily watching Baby Einstein, so I made another card using the color inspiration from kwernerdesign.com! I've also loosely based this card on Taylor's Cupcake Challenge... obviously this is not a cupcake~ sorry! (The cupcake stamps are coming out next, as long as Alex is happy!)

All supplies are Stampin' Up!, except the hardware... and I just love this stamp set, Harvest Home, which I used a few weeks ago on a card. The paper is Haiku.

Have a great weekend!!!

KWERNER's Color Inspiration #31

My mom's birthday is tomorrow (today)... I made this card for her using Color Inspiration #31 over at kwernerdesign.com.

The image is actually the cupcake from stamping bellas cuppacakeabella... I just covered it with punched out vellum flowers!

I'm up late~ off to bed!

Bye for now,

KWERNER's Color Inspiration #30

This week's color challenge (thanks so much Kristina Werner!) is a wonderful palette, full of old olive/certainly celery/sahara sandy goodness!

I stamped the flowers of Inspired by Nature on whisper white cardstock in sahara sand ink, which I had 'wiped' onto the stamp in a vertical motion. On sahara cardstock I stamped the grass in olive and celery ( I wiped both colors onto the stamp, celery first, and then applied it to the cardstock) and then the flowers in whisper white craft ink over the grass~ which I then embossed. The "white" embossing powder I had doesn't really look white... oops!

Anyways, I sliced up the sahara cardstock & pasted strips back onto the white cardstock's image, lining the images up. Vi-o-la!


Off to mommy-land, have a great night!